translated from Spanish: Argentinians in China ask to be repatriated for fear of coronavirus

In the midst of advancing the coronavirus epidemic, a group of a thousand Argentine citizens stranded in Hubei Province, China, made a desperate call on the government for the Embassy in Beijing to help them leave the Asian country.” From the community of Argentinians living in China we want to make public the delicate and extreme situation that some of our compatriots located in Hubei province are going through during the present coronavirus epidemic,” they reported through a communication indicating that there are an estimated two thousand Argentinians living in China, but only a thousand would be regular.
“Of these 1000 Argentine citizens, only 14 need and have requested help from our Embassy in Beijing,” the statement said, but from the institution they have been unable to work together to evacuate them from the epicenter province of the outbreak.
The group is composed of “perfectly healthy adults and children” who “after 3 weeks of increasingly rigorous isolation, have reached a psychological and physical limit to continue to cope with the situation in a foreign country where, despite receiving containment and support from other members of the community, it is already very difficult for them to continue.” We urge the general public to join us in this request to the Argentine Government to support the Embassy in Beijing and to remove the necessary means that will lead to the unlocking of the evacuation authorization of these Argentine citizens immediately”, adds the Community of Argentinians residing in China.
“We also call for the cooperation of any humanitarian aid NGOs who can join us in this fight so that our compatriots can return to our country as soon as possible,” and clarified that they highlight the effort made by the Chinese people and government to contain the outbreak of the virus now called COVID-19. In this note:

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